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PennDOT To Restore Parkway West After Weekend Construction

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- There's good news and bad news for Parkway West drivers.

First, the bad. PennDOT is planning closures this weekend for the stretch between I-79 (Exit 64A) and Greentree (Exit 67).

Crews will be working on paving, barrier removal, line painting and other construction.

PennDOT's schedule runs as follows:
OUTBOUND
--Beginning at 2 a.m. on Saturday morning, Nov. 22 through Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. (Additionally, single-lane closures in the inbound direction will occur)

INBOUND
--Beginning at 10 p.m. on Saturday night, Nov. 22 through Sunday afternoon, Nov. 23 at 2 p.m. (Additionally, single-lane closures in the outbound directions will occur)

Detour signs will be posted and police will be on duty in the area to keep traffic moving, but significant delays are expected in the area.

Here's PennDOT's detour:
OUTBOUND

  • Motorists will exit I-376 at the Greentree/Crafton (Exit 67) interchange
  • Bear left to north Route 121 towards Crafton
  • Turn left onto Mansfield Avenue (Route 3062)
  • Turn left onto Noblestown Road (Route 50)
  • Noblestown Road becomes East Main Street
  • Turn right onto Jane Street
  • Jane Street becomes Mansfield Boulevard
  • Mansfield Boulevard becomes West Main Street
  • Follow West Main Street to I-79
  • Take the ramp to northbound I-79
  • Follow northbound I-79 to I-376
  • End detour

INBOUND

  • Motorists will exit I-376 at the I-79 south (Exit 64A) interchange towards Washington
  • Follow I-79 south to the Carnegie (Exit 57) interchange off-ramp
  • At the end of the off-ramp, turn left onto West Main Street
  • West Main Street becomes Mansfield Boulevard
  • Turn right onto Chestnut Street
  • Turn left onto East Main Street
  • East Main Street becomes Noblestown Road
  • Turn right onto Mansfield Avenue
  • Turn left onto Greentree Road
  • Turn right onto Parkway Center Drive
  • Follow to I-376
  • End detour

Now, the good news.

After this weekend's work is done, PennDOT says they will reopen the on- and off-ramps at the Carnegie interchange, the temporary barriers will be removed and Parkway West lanes will be fully restored.

That will be in place through the winter, until March when PennDOT will resume construction work.

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